> On Nov 22, 2022, at 8:36 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > > Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> writes: >> While looking into a weird buildfarm failure ([1]), I noticed this: > >> # Checking port 62707 >> Use of uninitialized value $pid in scalar chomp at >> /mnt/resource/bf/build/grassquit/REL_11_STABLE/pgsql.build/../pgsql/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm >> line 1247. >> Use of uninitialized value $pid in addition (+) at >> /mnt/resource/bf/build/grassquit/REL_11_STABLE/pgsql.build/../pgsql/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm >> line 1248. > > Yeah, my animals are showing that too. > >> Not quite sure how $pid ends up uninitialized, given the code: >> # see if someone else has or had a reservation of this port >> my $pid = <$portfile>; >> chomp $pid; >> if ($pid +0 > 0) > > I guess the <$portfile> might return undef if the file is empty? >
Probably, will fix in the morning Cheers Andrew